"In Search of Excellence" at Apple Computer in 1984 

Even by today standards 1984 Apple work practices seemed more modern than many of today’s companies. Thanks for sharing 👌👍

This was my inspiration when I was a young kid, in terms of how a company should be led, run, and grown. I forever aspired to work there!

thanks for sharing this andy

What’s evening more amazing, is that they’re all so well spoken and smart. I really miss this

There are many lessons in this video that many of us are still to learn. What's funny is though, is that so many people in this video have been written about so many times over the years, that I feel like they're all old friends, and that I know them all!

I don't know if this is THE Andy Hertzfeld (if it is, then that's awesome and "Hi!") but whoever uploaded this full and much improved version then thank you!! It's odd to explain but I used this video as motivation during a challenging time at work about 6yrs ago (obviously it wasn't this nice clean version at the time!) I like to re-watch it occasionally. It also part motivated me and a couple of other guys to make the PiXL which was a tiny Apple Macintosh XL using Raspberry Pi, LisaEM and 3D printing. All in all, I love this little documentary. 😃👍

Thank you for sharing this Andy, you’re a great man

These videos are amazing, thank you.

Fantastic piece of history, Andy! Thanks for sharing!!!

Great video Andy. Thanks for posting.

Thank You for sharing. Mac has been a big part of work and personal life and projects. It’s wonderful too see these early introduction. Please share more.

Thank you for sharing this Andy! I just watched it on an Apple iPad Air 2, and the Macintosh 512K was my first introduction to a GUI!

Much appreciated!

I stumbled upon this video today while looking out the window in anticipation of the UPS truck which will deliver my new Mac Studio. I distinctly remember how mesmerized I was as a young kid when I first got a chance to play around with the original Macintosh at a computer show. I've been a fan of the Mac since that day, and it's nice to see the Mac's origin and early days documented - many good lessons there of things to do (and, I guess, a few things NOT to do, too). My thanks and appreciation to Andy and all the other men and women who made this happen.

What’s amazing in this video is all the people are really young and their enthusiasm for innovation just shines out. Sadly we don’t see such young bright minds in organisations anymore. We have to be in our late thirties and forties to be able to express our opinions. To prove how dumbed down society is getting we just need to see our young kids being possessed with slime videos and fortnite.

Great video, and good lessons of the most innovative man in the humanity's history

Hi Andy. Thanks for posting this. I was looking for this clip after talking about it with a friend. To humor you, I was first introduced to "In Search of Excellence" when my dad handed me a video tape that he had ordered (it must have cost a small fortune for this series back in the day). My dad, who thankfully passed the was entrepreneurship gene to me, was passionate about stuff like this. Surprisingly, at the age of 17 ... I was very intrigued by the content. The most memorable clips were this one and the Stu Leonard segment. I learned some very valuable business lessons from Steve at a very young age and it has continued to provide me with some level of either strategic or tactical advantage in life to this day. Still blows me away how relevant this is.

@Andy Hertzfeld, here's to 'you' crazy ones... You allowed us to dare to dream.

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This may as well be a description of another world.

great steve jobes

Thanks for sharing this, but especially your contribution to the Mac. I loathed anything to do with computers till I got my first Mac 25 years ago, so I'm obviously not a coder. Now if you could help the iPhone guys move the interface forward, especially on the iPad, but maybe it's all down to the limitations of touch?

So young

"We want someone whos eyes light up when they see the machine we're working on. Thats how we know theyre one of us"

The end is key

Time changed, so did Apple.

God bless you, Andy. Would gladly fly over from Stockholm just for a cup of coffee and a signature with you.

The cnn news caster used to say computers are for boys who don’t have a girl friend.

4:14

7:44 This reminds me of Craig Federighi from the speech at Berkeley (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-43sjym5ZS68.html). He was just that kind of guy Steve is talking about here. He loves programming but ended up a manager because he was probably the best person for that. Highly recommend watching the whole video.

Debbie Coleman...

7:24

cultural treasure!

Fremont plant? Tesla mfr.?

Show me one socialist country that has EVER produced a company or product like this.